THE IMPACT OF EMPLOYEE MEANINGFULNESS OF WORK ON EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT

Human Resources is considered as the life-blood of any organization, Employee engagement of non - executive-level employees has become vital. An employee considering his work as meaningful can have many positive outcomes. Meaningfulness of work makes an employee engaged, productive, concentrated, committed, healthy and happy. Engaged employees within an organization continue working for a company for a long time. Hence, the focus on employee engagement has become a significant concern in the current organizational context. The present study focuses on exploring the impact of employee meaningfulness of work on employee engagement with special reference to non- executive-level employees of private banks in Gampaha district, Sri Lanka. Correlation and regression analysis were mainly used to test the relationship and impact of employee meaningfulness of work and employee engagement. Accordingly, the findings of the current study revealed positive relationship between employee meaningfulness of work on employee engagement and employee meaningfulness of work positively impacts employee engagement among non-executive level employees in private banks in Gampaha district.

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S. M. Dinethi Yasodara Jayarathna is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Kelaniya. She has completed her MBA at the University of Colombo and an MSc in HR and Development from the University of Salford, UK. H. W. P. U. Shashiprabha has completed her bachelors from the Department of HRM, University of Kelaniya.